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Our Bestseller’s List What Books People who Read Amy’s Open Book blog and Michael’s Annunciation blog are Buying February 2007 (2/17/2007) 1. The Power of the Cross: Meditations for the Lenten Season 2. The How-To Book of the Mass: Everything You Need to Know but No One Ever Taught You 3. The Gift of Faith…

A Joint StatementBy Catholic bloggers of the Dallas area Is there a phrase more infamous than "Roe versus Wade"? The principal people involved in this most infamous legal case were from Dallas. "Roe" is a pseudonym for Dallas resident Norma McCorvey. Henry Wade was the Dallas district attorney who filed the original charges in the…

A few years ago when blogging first exploded, there were several candidates for Full Communion and catechumens who blogged their way through the process. Since Lent is approaching, I was wondering if there were many folks doing the same this year. If you know of any – or even of any recent converts who have…

(…will be added to gradually as I clean out the emailbox) Congratulations to reader, commenter and fellow FW resident Yvonne, who gave birth to her 7th child – and 7th son –   last week – Benjamin. He’s beautiful! From Cleveland, a nice story about a writer of icons: Chris Rigby can take her simmering ardor…

From Der Spiegel, an article about German monasteries – popular with lay guests, but not such a hot vocation spot. Some 300 Roman Catholic convents and monasteries in Germany now accept visitors – from the 8th-century Benedictine abbey of Tholey to the four-year-old convent of the Sisters of St. Bridget in Bremen. All are welcome,…

I have been vaguely following the Anglican Primates’ gathering,  but decided early on it would be more efficient just to wait until something definite is stated. Sort of the way I feel about slavishly following the ’08 presidential primary race at this point. But here’s some interesting related news (of a report and set of…

A little help here??? And sometimes…you can’t just resist clicking on that "order" button:

Get ready. I want to do some blog posts and even a web page or two devoted to various specifics and I need your help. Just bookmark some stuff, and tomorrow, I’ll put up separate posts for each bleg – don’t email me, please, (I BEG you)  just wait ’til tomorrow. 1) Blogs of candidates/catechumens…

On Saturday, Pope Benedict visited the Major Roman Seminary next to the Pontifical Lateran Unviersity to speak with and listen to seminarians: ((Photos here) The Pope was by turns theologian and teacher, but speaking very spontaneously and familiarly, in responding to the questions, once in a while reminiscing about his own days as a seminarian,…

Benedict, in today’s Angelus message: In his greeting to the faithful, the pope also had something to say about China, confirming the country to be one of the matters occupying his mind. After reciting the Marian prayer, as he recalled that “in various countries of the East the Lunar New Year is being celebrated with…
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